How Lee Kuan Yew sees Malaysia in 20 years' timeos.tvboxnow.com+ N, e: e: P8 b8 r. o- R
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The clear and present dangertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 d! M* P" O: ?' d! n( p9 |7 _- m' d
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the country sparsely populated by humans.TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。$ K& G! [7 E& j; [9 S
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A hundred years later, Singapore 's foundation will remain rock solid.
A; D- _ V) v8 d% }, M5 zTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。The tiny city-state will continue to lure new immigrants, and manytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( P" r) N5 l7 |2 b1 T2 L
new-generation Singaporeans will see their lineages traced back to those公仔箱論壇8 a3 y* N5 q7 @( j0 U, G
of migrants.公仔箱論壇" h5 }7 ^0 [7 g% u8 U
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How about Malaysia a hundred years from now?公仔箱論壇( m% w" U7 F' \3 K ~; r$ f
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Lee Kuan Yew did not seem to see things that far. He only set his sight公仔箱論壇4 O7 O3 R2 d$ B
20 years later.
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' l |. Z g3 k G. Oos.tvboxnow.comHe said all constituencies in Malaysia would be dominated by the Malays' }% ~" g, ^0 x* D& u
in 20 years' time, and the leadership in this country would value the
) b( R: z/ p8 H8 L: [# b) Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbChinese population less and less.
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The Chinese population would continue to slide, he added, not because of8 m2 c$ S5 i9 _) G! L' j- p
the pathetically low fertility rates among the Chinese in this country,
7 i$ x1 D' b2 U! qos.tvboxnow.combut because those who could afford would have sent their children
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8 y5 v. `4 K+ b: @+ O1 y公仔箱論壇"And those migrating to Malaysia will be from Islamic states, making theos.tvboxnow.com9 P! \, _. c& Q. ~
country's Islamisation inclination more and more pronounced."( F4 C/ H. C" @. X* g
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Statistics don't lie, and the current political and social ecosystems公仔箱論壇( r. h& \! ?0 C3 S; N7 X/ T+ d5 c
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/ [6 n2 y* M' y6 |8 r& v7 `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMM Lee's predictions are by no means novel. But his well-thought remarks
# g" [, O. r; V7 ^3 s) f7 hhave touched the hearts of many a Malaysian.6 ]5 y: v5 w7 m1 f6 ?' \
m2 P& T4 m& _+ K mIf this is what the country should look like 20 years from now, we cantvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% a6 W, ] F& P6 N7 t; ?2 j; ^8 s
imagine Chinese Malaysians to be like apes in a forest sanctuary a7 l7 ~& e# \5 W& `
hundred years down the road, where we need to sharpen our eyesight to公仔箱論壇$ G3 f+ L( Z+ r! F! `
carefully scan through the entire swathe of forest before we can catch atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 ~* _0 y! n8 z9 y3 c
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8 k& a' A3 {# N4 S# ?公仔箱論壇That comparison is, most certainly, exaggerated, but I really hope we
- [2 C f/ d% k$ Twill not be reduced to a rare species by then.
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4 \( }# L: f! sThe ratio of Chinese population in this country has been on steady+ Q0 a" l+ J7 K# J& w# G
decline over the decades; so has their political status here. Very soon,0 h$ m/ l- } K" f
they will be completely engulfed by the powerful waves of aggressiveos.tvboxnow.com- w0 d u, v3 m6 f$ j
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This is the pessimistic side of the outlook of their destiny.
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But Chinese Malaysians cannot afford to go on this way, and wait
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, p9 L% M3 K9 P$ }They have to take the initiative to accentuate their own strengths and
/ `/ }- u$ A* ?/ R, N公仔箱論壇be in firm control of their own fates before they can divert such a
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The next ten years will be key to the future destiny of Chinese' W) Z( w/ \0 k
Malaysians. If the country's policies get more and more
& [- ^* |4 D" H5 N9 D. i公仔箱論壇ethnically-oriented and religiously inclined, the future of Chineseos.tvboxnow.com* \. c5 Q# B; }
community is well within our imagination, and Chinese Malaysians will
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On the other hand, if community-centric ideologies get diluted,
3 `8 l* E4 I, q3 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbconflicts between mainstream and minority races get thinned down, theos.tvboxnow.com5 G0 A2 I" w6 C/ M1 B0 E
common Malaysian identity gets consolidated, and the spirit of公仔箱論壇2 B ]' `7 O, W% I
secularity stays very much relevant, then Chinese Malaysians will have a/ w: O) P/ X+ \7 h/ ^: O. k1 ]
much more promising future here.2 F2 m5 O9 J# u/ H+ R2 z
So will Malaysia .tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) Y3 B' R. L% F
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Whatever happens to this country or our society, the most importanttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb F1 u7 N7 l. A
element for new-generation Chinese to secure a place in this land, will
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; n2 @9 x! G& V! N8 L P, uos.tvboxnow.comIn this age of globalisation, when national boundaries are increasingly
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We cannot afford to talk about what will happen to us a hundred years
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Meaningless and unnecessary squabbles, like the one currently taking
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community further, blurring their vision of the clear and present
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What the Chinese community urgently needs right now is high-calibre and
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